xii, 452 pages : 25 cm

By providing an in-depth examination of this complex illness, Dissociative Identity Disorder not only facilitates a deeper understanding of people who have used dissociation to cope with years of childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, but also reveals new insights into many other psychiatric disorders in which dissociation plays a role. Like Multiple Personality Disorder, this updated volume is an authoritative and indispensable reference for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, social workers and other mental health professionals, as well as researchers in these fields

Revised edition of: Multiple personality disorder. c1989

Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-440) and indexes

1. The History Prior to and Including Freud -- 2. Freud to the Present -- 3. Etiology of Dissociative Identity Disorder -- 4. Diagnostic Criteria for Dissociative Identity Disorder -- 5. Epidemiology of Dissociative Identity Disorder and Dissociation -- 6. Clinical Features of Dissociative Identity Disorder -- 7. Structured Interview and Self-Report Measures of Dissociation -- 8. Dissociative Identity Disorder and Other Psychiatric Disorders -- 9. Dissociative Identity Disorder and Nonclinical Dissociation -- 10. Skeptical Criticisms of Dissociative Identity Disorder -- 11. Treatment Outcome of Dissociative Identity Disorder -- 12. General Principles of Treatment -- 13. The Problem of Attachment to the Perpetrator and the Locus of Control Shift -- 14. Specific Techniques of Treatment: The Initial Phase of Therapy -- 15. Specific Techniques of Treatment: The Middle and Late Phases of Therapy -- 16. Other Therapeutic Considerations

Afterword -- Dissociative Identity Disorder in the Twenty-First Century -- Appendix A. The Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule -- DSM-IV Version -- Appendix B. Therapist Dissociative Checklist -- Appendix C. Dissociative Disorders Unit Master Treatment Plan

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